A couple weeks ago we shared with you the luscious and coral-packed reef aquarium display of Aquatic Art Inc. Many of you asked us to see more of the corals in this tank, so we went back and took the…
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Apogee MQ-500 PAR Meter hands-on and first impressions
The Apogee MQ-500 is the first new PAR Meter to be offered at the consumer level in quite some time. The new and improved MQ-500 from Apogee improves on the venerable MQ-200 meter which is pretty much the defacto PAR…
We bet you can’t name this Caribbean fish
The RV Chapman and Curasub have successfully completed a month long expedition into the marine biology and ecology on the deep reefs off the Northwest coast of Dominica. This bottom dwelling fish was photographed on the 30th day of their expedition on…
Petition to make the Salish Sea a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area – PSSA
The Salish Sea is recognized as the network of coastal waterways of the Pacific Northwest between the board of Canada and the USA. Unless you are from this region, you may never heard of the Salish Sea, however local ocean activities have…
Red Sea Reef-Spec carbon is lab tested for quality & performance
Red Sea Reef-Spec carbon is a new high quality activated carbon that Red Sea believes is one of the best on the market. Red Sea is very particular about what products they label as Reef-Spec and they vetted many different…
Diving the Taman Segara artificial reef in Bali Indonesia
Bali has some incredible dive sites like the coral walls at Menjangan Island, the Japanese shipwreck in Amed, or the Mola Mola cleaning station at Nusa Penida. But if you are looking for a unique dive site where coral restoration is the…
How to make a controlled descent while scuba diving
A controlled descent is an important first step for new scuba divers to learn. Once you have finished your pre-dive safety check and entered the water it is now time to perform a controlled descent. When we are in control…
Several new frozen foods from Ocean Nutrition
Ocean Nutrition has a handful of new frozen foods for the marine aquarium. Some of them are new takes on classic offerings while others offer an exotic new food item for feeding the bigger fish. The three new foods introduced…
Does a Naturalistic Environment Reduce Stress in Aquarium Fish?
For today’s post, I’d like to elicit your thoughts on an interesting phenomenon I’ve observed in my aquarium, specifically involving an aggravating repetitive behavior exhibited until fairly recently by my pair of blue-throat triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus). Allow me to set…
Some aquarium products we can’t believe are still being sold
In the early days of the reefing hobby, you could make just about any claim about the needs of aquariums and reef tanks and there’d hardly be anyone or anything to prove you otherwise. Long before the internet could come…
